| The Holocene | |
| Cover: | The Holocene journal front cover image.jpg |
| Editor: | John A. Matthews |
| Discipline: | Environmental studies |
| Abbreviation: | Holocene |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| Frequency: | 8/year |
| History: | 1991-present |
| Impact: | 2.595 |
| Impact-Year: | 2011 |
| Website: | http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal201812 |
| Link1: | http://hol.sagepub.com/content/current |
| Link1-Name: | Online access |
| Link2: | http://hol.sagepub.com/content/by/year |
| Link2-Name: | Online archive |
| Oclc: | 300872570 |
| Lccn: | 91640904 |
| Coden: | HOLOE6 |
| Issn: | 0959-6836 |
| Eissn: | 1477-0911 |
The Holocene is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers research in the field of environmental studies, in particular environmental change over the last years, particularly the interface between the long Quaternary record and the natural and human-induced environmental processes operating at the Earth's surface today. It is published eight times a year by SAGE Publications. The editor-in-chief is John A. Matthews (University of Wales, Swansea).
Included within the scope of The Holocene, according to the journal's website, are articles related to:
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Academic Search Premier, Current Contents, the British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography, Scopus, and the Science Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2011 impact factor is 2.595, ranking it 9th out of 44 journals in the category "Geography, Physical"[2] and 26th out of 170 journals in the category "Geosciences, Multidisciplinary".[3]